Sustainability of engineered rivers in arid lands : challenge and response

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Sustainability of engineered rivers in arid lands : challenge and response

edited by Jurgen Schmandt ... [et al.]

Cambridge University Press, 2021

  • : hbk

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Other editors: Aysegül Kibaroglu, Regina Buono, Sephra Thomas

Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

This interdisciplinary volume examines how nine arid or semi-arid river basins with thriving irrigated agriculture are doing now and how they may change between now and mid-century. The rivers studied are the Colorado, Euphrates-Tigris, Jucar, Limari, Murray-Darling, Nile, Rio Grande, Sao Francisco, and Yellow. Engineered dams and distribution networks brought large benefits to farmers and cities, but now the water systems face multiple challenges, above all climate change, reservoir siltation, and decreased water flows. Unchecked, they will see reduced food production and endanger the economic livelihood of basin populations. The authors suggest how to respond to these challenges without loss of food production, drinking water, or environmental health. The analysis of the political, hydrological, and environmental conditions within each basin gives policymakers, engineers, and researchers interested in the water/sustainability nexus a better understanding of engineered rivers in arid lands.

目次

  • Introduction
  • 1. Introduction: Sustainability of Engineered Rivers in Arid Lands Jurgen Schmandt
  • Part I. Challenge: 2. Global Climate Change and the Rivers Gerald R. North
  • 3. Reservoirs: Design, Functions, Challenges George H. Ward
  • 4. Depletion of Groundwater: the Surface-Groundwater Connection Stephanie Glenn
  • 5. Endangered Food Security Olcay Unver, Eduardo Mansur and Melvyn Kay
  • 6. Declining Environmental Flows Stephanie Glenn and R. James Lester
  • Part II. Engineered Rivers: Past, Present and Future: 7. The Nile River Basin Muhammad Khalifa, Sephra Thomas and Lars Ribbe
  • 8. The Euphrates-Tigris River Basin Aysegul Kibaroglu
  • 9. The Yellow River Basin James E. Nickum and Jia Shaofeng
  • 10. The Murray-Darling River Basin Daniel Connell
  • 11. The Sao Francisco River Basin Antonio R. Magalhaes, Eduardo Savio and P. R. Martins
  • 12. The Limari River Basin Alexandra Nauditt, Justyna Sycz and Lars Ribbe
  • 13. The Colorado River Basin Douglas S. Kenney, Michael Cohen, John Berggren and Regina M. Buono
  • 14. The Rio Grande/Rio Bravo River Basin George H. Ward and Jurgen Schmandt
  • 15. The Jucar River Basin Jose Albiac, M. T. Kahil and Encarna Esteban
  • Part IV. Response: 16. River Basin Management and Irrigation Francois Molle
  • 17. 'Intelligent' Water Transfers Eduardo Savio, P. R. Martins, Antonio Magalhaes and James E. Nickum
  • 18. Better Basin Management with Stakeholder Participation Jurgen Schmandt and Aysegul Kibaroglu
  • Part V. Conclusion: 19. Conclusion: What We Found and What We Recommend Aysegul Kibaroglu, Jurgen Schmandt and George H. Ward
  • Index.

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